Go to [http://www.activestate.com ActiveState.com], and download the product "ActivePerl." This is a little confusing because web site tries to point you to the commercial product, ASPN Perl. At the current time, the full download URL for ActivePerl is:

Choose the "MSI" package for Windows for Perl version 5.8. ('''Version 5.10 does not currently work due to modules that have not yet been made available by ActiveState!''') Once downloaded, launch the package, and it will install automatically.

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''Please accept the default location for ActiveState Perl; this will make it easier to install GBrowse.''

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===Install the Apache web server===

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Go to [http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi]. Select the most recent version of Apache, and choose the download marked "Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)." Once downloaded, launch the package and it will install automatically.

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''Please accept the default location for Apache.''

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===Install the MySQL database (optional)===

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Do this only if you want to run the [[MySQL]] backend to GBrowse. You might want to wait until after you've played with the flat-file based implementation a bit and decide you need better performance.

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Go to [http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql]. Select and download the most recent version of the Windows package. Once the package is downloaded, you will need to unpack it with the WinZip program. Then launch the installer.

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After installing MySQL, install DBD::mysql; the easiest way to do that is via the ActiveState ppm utility.

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===Install GBrowse and its Perl Dependencies===

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Download the {{CVS|Generic-Genome-Browser/bin/gbrowse_netinstall.pl}} script. The script works best when [http://apache.org Apache] and [http://www.activestate.com ActiveState] Perl 5.8 are already installed using the default locations. Execute the command in the DOS command shell:

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And answer questions that are presented (the defaults will be acceptable most of the time, but be careful if you've changed the location of ActiveState and/or Apache!). A few notes:

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*The script requires the LWP Perl package be installed, but it comes by default with ActiveState Perl 5.8.

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*The script also works for Linux and MacOS as long as it is run as root (e.g. with sudo). Please see the [[GBrowse]] install doc for more information on what this script is doing.

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*If you want to use the -d, --bioperl_dev, or --gbrowse_dev options (to install from cvs), you must have [http://www.wincvs.org/download.html WinCVS] or some other third party cvs implementation installed, and supply the --wincvs flag on the command line, since there is no native support for cvs in Windows. I used the latest development release of WinCVS when testing the installer.

Abstract

Windows Installation

Before installing on Windows systems, you will need to install
ActiveState Perl and the Apache web server. You may also wish to
install a database management system such as MySQL.

Install ActiveState Perl

Go to ActiveState.com, and download the product "ActivePerl." This is a little confusing because web site tries to point you to the commercial product, ASPN Perl. At the current time, the full download URL for ActivePerl is:

Choose the "MSI" package for Windows for Perl version 5.8. (Version 5.10 does not currently work due to modules that have not yet been made available by ActiveState!) Once downloaded, launch the package, and it will install automatically.

Please accept the default location for ActiveState Perl; this will make it easier to install GBrowse.

Install the Apache web server

Go to http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi. Select the most recent version of Apache, and choose the download marked "Win32 Binary (MSI Installer)." Once downloaded, launch the package and it will install automatically.

Please accept the default location for Apache.

Install the MySQL database (optional)

Do this only if you want to run the MySQL backend to GBrowse. You might want to wait until after you've played with the flat-file based implementation a bit and decide you need better performance.

Go to http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/mysql. Select and download the most recent version of the Windows package. Once the package is downloaded, you will need to unpack it with the WinZip program. Then launch the installer.

After installing MySQL, install DBD::mysql; the easiest way to do that is via the ActiveState ppm utility.

And answer questions that are presented (the defaults will be acceptable most of the time, but be careful if you've changed the location of ActiveState and/or Apache!). A few notes:

The script requires the LWP Perl package be installed, but it comes by default with ActiveState Perl 5.8.

The script also works for Linux and MacOS as long as it is run as root (e.g. with sudo). Please see the GBrowse install doc for more information on what this script is doing.

If you want to use the -d, --bioperl_dev, or --gbrowse_dev options (to install from cvs), you must have WinCVS or some other third party cvs implementation installed, and supply the --wincvs flag on the command line, since there is no native support for cvs in Windows. I used the latest development release of WinCVS when testing the installer.